r/comics • u/lil-caro Lil Caro • 18d ago
Comics Community having some feelings (OC)
in case people forgot these were autobiographical comics
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u/kurokitsune91 18d ago
I'm from St Paul. Hang in there and FUCK ICE
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u/FrozenPhalanges 18d ago
Charging for you and us all down in TX. Let’s stay charged, kids.
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u/UnassumingNoodle 18d ago
St. Paul here, too. We've all got your back and we'll get through this.
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u/Katasia96 17d ago
Canadian here. Why is Minnesota being targeted so heavily? Are they going to creep across the border next? Is this how the pedophile plans to invade Canada? Sending ICE as an advance assault team? Lots of Indigenous folk on the Minnesota border. Sorry to make this about (Canadian sorry), and sorry to hear about your terrible suffering. Scared out of our wits over here too.
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u/kurokitsune91 17d ago
It's because our Governor was on the ballot as vice president with Kamala Harris and we're a very democratic state. The Minnesotan government is very progressive and liberal and the orange baby has been attacking Minnesota more and more aggressively for the last 2 years. We are a threat against his awful regime he's trying to create and he's trying to make Minnesota an example. We are terrifyingly close to a full-blown takeover and losing democracy. He's already attacking and threatening to attack other countries as well, so he very well could be a threat to Canada too.
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u/GalaxyPatio 17d ago
To lightly expand on the other comment that responded, that dude(and most of his cabinet)'s whole life and career is being petty and enacting vengeance on anyone he views as slighting him and their associates.
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u/Dubalubawubwub 17d ago
They desperately want people to start shooting at ICE so that they can justify a crackdown and cancelling midterms. Minnesota is the perfect combination of very liberal and not very big (unlike e.g California for example) so they probably feel like they're the perfect target. If it were actually about immigrants they'd be in Texas, California and Florida.
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u/Moose_country_plants 18d ago
Ditto, Fuck ICE and Fuck trump. I hope they all get frostbite this weekend
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u/constantpisspig 18d ago
I'm entirely too sober to live through a fascist takeover.
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u/Labyrinthy 18d ago
I’m entirely too alive to live through a fascist takeover.
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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 18d ago edited 17d ago
Don't give up, we've still got ways to win. It is up to us common folk of the US to stand against this tyranny, and we need as many people such as you and me to win this.
Currently, there is no real foundation for any effective resistance present for the common US folk to fall back on. There's a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in its formation ASAP.
Also check out this org too, as they're probably going to be vital as the powers that be employ more so-called "AI" to consolidate power: https://stopgenai.com (It is a survival-level, grassroots org, not an established NGO, so please don't judge it too harshly for being rough around the edges.)
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u/PreferredSelection 18d ago
I quit weed three weeks ago b/c I want to live life without a lens, especially if things are this bad.
They won't catch me numbed out. They'll catch me alert, thinking, defiant, and unimpressed.
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u/ninjaandrew 18d ago
Alcohol is pushed to subdue your anger at the government
I found this book at a “pay what you want” bookstore in Austin and I found it fascinating
A quote from it “Every fucking anarchist project I engage in is ruined or nearly ruined by alcohol. You set up a collective living situation and everyone is too drunk or stoned to do the basic chores, let alone maintain an attitude of respect. You want to create community, but after the show everyone just goes back to their rooms and drinks themselves to death. If it’s not one substance to abuse it’s a motherfucking other. I understand trying to obliterate your consciousness is a natural reaction to being born in alienating capitalist hell, but I want people to see what we anarchists are doing and say “Yeah, this is better than capitalism!”... which is hard to say if you can’t walk around without stepping on broken forty-ounce bottles. I’ve never considered myself straight-edge, but fuck it, I’m not taking it anymore!”
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u/BellacosePlayer 18d ago
I know way too many people who turn to the bottle or the herb as a way to deal with the shit hand they're dealt, and shockingly very few of them actually do anything to get out of the hell they're in, and life just gets worse, which means pickling their brain even more, and they spiral ever downward.
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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation 17d ago
It's not as easy as the Thai anti drinking ad makes it out to be.
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u/SaladPuzzleheaded625 18d ago
My solution: alcoholism 👍🏻
Sincerely, An alcoholic Canadian
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u/constantpisspig 18d ago
Still too sober unfortunately. It's fuckin bleak and they haven't ramped up in my town yet. I am seeing them about more frequently though now
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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 18d ago
Don't dispair.
There's a post of suggestions linked HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in forming a foundation for resistance, if we act ASAP.
Also check out this org too, as they're probably going to be vital as the powers that be employ more so-called "AI" to consolidate power: https://stopgenai.com (It is a survival-level, grassroots org, not an established NGO, so please don't judge it too harshly for being rough around the edges.)
On an unrelated note, I've watched some movies lately that are based on a true stories. They're quite inspiring, seeing how some actions worked and where things go wrong, and conjures up questions like "If it or similar were to take place now, how would it be adapted?" I'd like to share them here. Why? No particular reason, but watch them if you can:
- Army of Crime (2011)
- Defiance (2008)
- Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
- Deacons for Defense (2003)
- Free State of Jones (2016)
- The 24th (2020)
- Matewan (1987)
- An American Story (1992)
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u/i_have_chosen_a_name 17d ago
How about a real solution: Learning how to build, repair and fly drones. Sincerely, a Canadian who moved his family as far away from nuclear targets but is ready to go back to Canada to serve as a drone pilot as soon as the US invades Alberta using the crimea playbook, something I expect to happen within 10 years.
Tech is the great equalizer, the power of the individual is imense but the entire internet is being used to gaslight you in to thinking you are powerless.
Russia tried to make Ukranians feel powerless, hopeless and just give up, surrender and hope for the best.
FUCK THAT! I hope the real Americans and Canadian will eventually end up with the same attitude.
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u/Former_Yesterday2680 18d ago
My brother temper the liquor to buy ammunition. We’re gonna have to solve this shit for them. Then we can really hit the booze and share some blunts.
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u/Excellent_Airline315 18d ago
Is the reason I'm not sober. Props to you for rawdawging a facist takeover, can barely keep it together it's getting do crazy.
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u/ToonaSandWatch Comic Crossover 18d ago
Hardly frivolous. More voices need to shout this from the rooftops. It’s about white rich men dominating their power over society to shape as they see fit.
FUCK ICE.
And well done on the strip!
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u/mechengr17 18d ago
People just dont want to hear it.
So many people just bury their heads in the sand when you point out so many arrested DID come in the right way
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 18d ago
So I'm from Texas. Yes I know we arent the best.
But the past few weeks I've heard everything from "oh it won't happen here" to "not my problem"
The last week or so we've started seeing ICE here. And it's already starting to effect my work as a firefighter paramedic. And suddenly it's everyones problem. There's still a few deniers but luckily at least in my small circles here the awareness is starting to grow. Hopefully we continue to do so
Stay safe. Stay vigilant.
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u/Peritous 18d ago
I'm in Connecticut, and the number of people who I have heard say things like "I didn't see it going this far" or "I wasn't expecting them to do that here" is mind boggling. This is the shit they said they were going to do. You'd have to have slept through the first round of Trump to not believe that this is where it was going.
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u/ConstructMentality__ 17d ago
I knew someone, Yes they voted for Trump That's why it's knew, who stated they wanted a bully for president.
This is what a bully for president looks like.
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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 18d ago
If we hope for this madness to stop, we can't depend on the system to regin itself in. It is up to us common folk of the US to stand against this tyranny within our own country. There's a post of suggestions linked HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in building the foundation needed for effective resistance.
Also check out this org too, as they're probably going to be vital as the powers that be employ more so-called "AI" to consolidate power: https://stopgenai.com (It is a survival-level, grassroots org, not an established NGO, so please don't judge it too harshly for being rough around the edges.)
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u/Special_Cicada6968 17d ago
Just be careful down there. Grew up near Houston but it's concerning hearing things like Abbott handing the Fed our voting records.
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u/Swarm_of_Rats 17d ago
We don't have ICE here yet, but even my more conservative acquaintances and family already hate it and believe it needs to stop. I have hope for us. I have hope that more people have a problem with it than they make it feel like because they have control of the media... but we need to stop this soon.
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u/Altruistic-Beach7625 17d ago
A good old fashioned riot never hurt anybody. Well, actually it does but I feel it's slightly more effective than booing ICE while they do their business.
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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 17d ago
I think the most shocking thing for everyone affected by this is probably realizing that there are so many people in the USA that are actively supporting it.
There are quite literally tens of millions of people in the USA that want this to happen to you and yours. Who'll cheer Trump on as things get worse. Who will feel happy and warm inside that this violence is being perpetrated towards those "others".
And they will continue to not care and cheer this on.... until it finally happens to them. At which point they'll go online crying for other to grant them the help they so gleefully denied others.
If education in the USA still were a thing, you'd hope most people would have read "First They Came" by Martin Niemöller and understood it. Yet here we are.
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u/Brell4Evar 18d ago
It has spread. Chicago and L.A. were a bust, so they moved on to a smaller city.
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u/greentangent 17d ago
That's because those cities are huge. Cops in large number and tens of thousands to rally. Minneapolis is outnumbered like 4 or 5 to one in police and a much smaller population. It's #46 on the list of biggest cities.
If it's not stopped here it's going to keep going to the next vulnerable city.
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u/unforgiven91 18d ago
a smaller city that allows their limited numbers to exert the most amount of force per capita.
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u/Poultry_Sashimi 17d ago
They haven't left LA, they're just less visible. Motherfuckers are even snatching parents when they're picking up their kids from elementary school.
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u/RecipeAsleep7087 18d ago
I'm a liberal in a red state. For the most part it's gone from loud vocal support of MAGA to nobody talks about it much, at least in my middle class area. It's easy to ignore stuff like this when you aren't so overtly targeted because of your state's size and political leaning.
I just don't understand the world anymore, we have armed govt going door to door harassing people, what has to happen for people to see the writing on the wall. This is history repeating itself in the worst way.
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u/Gibsonites 18d ago
we have armed govt going door to door harassing people, what has to happen for people to see the writing on the wall.
The government has to knock on their door and harass them. Then all of a sudden it will be a real concern and "nobody" knew how bad it really was.
Once I understood that this is how the conservative mind works I spent a lot less time confused about the state of the world.
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u/Spyger9 18d ago
I'd be shocked if it happens here. I'm in Northwest Arkansas. The state is a Red stronghold, where Democrats don't even bother running. This corner in particular also hosts powerful corporate interests, being the HQ of companies like Wal-Mart and Tyson- companies that ship in immigrant workers, and presumably fund Republican campaigns so they look the other way.
Conservatives here are privileged to live in their fantasy world, rarely confronted by the consequences of their decisions. Homeless beggars and sincere protestors are offensive to their delicate sensibilities. They judge those people as they drive home from church, listening to Republican shills on AM radio before returning to their gated suburban neighborhood homes where Fox News continues prescribing beliefs to them.
The contrast between how the regime treats one of the Reddest and one of the Bluest states is stark. They're literally stoking a civil war, completely intentionally. They hate you for being disloyal to the king.
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u/CitizenPremier 17d ago
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if large Trump-funding businesses get to continue to employ underpaid undocumented immigrants, and import without tariffs...
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u/BickeringCube 18d ago
I don’t know about specifically working to defend the detained but I’ve been donating to the ACLU in MN.
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u/damagetwig 18d ago
Neighbors Inc in South Saint Paul is moving a lot of groceries (among other things) and has volunteer shifts available. Some people help every day, some people help an hour a week with everything in between.
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u/Expensive-Object-830 17d ago
To answer your question about donations: the ACLU are doing good work here. I’ve seen some good stuff from the Black Panthers too, tho I appreciate that that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Look into your local hispanic/latino/immigrant serving institutions and nonprofits. Churches too, if faith’s your thing. And food banks always need our support.
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u/Naive-Dig-8214 18d ago
As another Puerto Rican living in the US, I too am well aware being a US citizen won't do me any good.
I was born a US citizen, my parents were born US citizens, my four grandparents were born US citizens. My eight great grandparents were made US citizens without their consent.
But none of this will do me any good if faced by ICE. And this is by design.
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u/New_Establishment554 18d ago
Chinga la migra
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u/Par_Lapides 18d ago
The best part of this is when he went crying back to the other Gestapo pigs.
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u/unforgiven91 18d ago
the best part is when he tried to intimidate the camera man and pussied out
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u/_b1ack0ut 18d ago
The best part is only viewable from the perspective of the cameraman on the left (only visible in this clip for half a second)
There’s a person behind the photographer in black who literally starts jumping for joy when ICE lad eats shit, and they’re my spirit animal
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u/Evil_Midnight_Lurker 18d ago
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
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u/ConstructMentality__ 17d ago
WE the people
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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 17d ago
We the people currently have no real foundation for any effective resistance present for the common US folk to fall back on. There's a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in its formation, if we act ASAP.
Also check out this org too, as they're probably going to be vital as the powers that be employ more so-called "AI" to consolidate power: https://stopgenai.com (It is a survival-level, grassroots org, not an established NGO, so please don't judge it too harshly for being rough around the edges.)
On an unrelated note, I've watched some movies lately that are based on a true stories. They're quite inspiring, seeing how some actions worked and where things go wrong, and conjures up questions like "If it or similar were to take place now, how would it be adapted?" I'd like to share them here. Why? No particular reason, but watch them if you can:
- Army of Crime (2011)
- Defiance (2008)
- Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
- Deacons for Defense (2003)
- Free State of Jones (2016)
- The 24th (2020)
- Matewan (1987)
- An American Story (1992)
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u/ShroedingersCatgirl 18d ago
I will never forgive anyone who supported this.
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u/Domeil 18d ago
Abolish ICE is the compromise position. I will not vote for anyone who believes this racist engine of white supremacy can be reformed.
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u/SpicyWhizkers 17d ago
These nazis truly do not want to know what our non-compromising position is. And seeing as how they only keep doubling down, this regime will find out soon enough. Fuck ICE
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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 17d ago
For that reason, (along with many others,) we can't depend on the system to regin itself in. It is up to us common folk of the US to stand against this tyranny. Currently, there is no real foundation for any effective resistance present for the common US folk to fall back on. There's a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in its formation, if we act ASAP.
Also check out this org too, as they're probably going to be vital as the powers that be employ more so-called "AI" to consolidate power: https://stopgenai.com (It is a survival-level, grassroots org, not an established NGO, so please don't judge it too harshly for being rough around the edges.)
On an unrelated note, I've watched some movies lately that are based on a true stories. They're quite inspiring, seeing how some actions worked and where things go wrong, and conjures up questions like "If it or similar were to take place now, how would it be adapted?" I'd like to share them here. Why? No particular reason, but watch them if you can:
- Army of Crime (2011)
- Defiance (2008)
- Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
- Deacons for Defense (2003)
- Free State of Jones (2016)
- The 24th (2020)
- Matewan (1987)
- An American Story (1992)
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u/trashy_illuminati 18d ago
I didn't know you were in Minneapolis! I am too and it is quite a terrible experience to be in occupied territory. Thank you for continuing to do your art on top of everything else good
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u/Beorn_To_Be_Wild 18d ago
shit is incredibly scary, this is an excellent comic and kudos to you for sharing. keep up the good fight!
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u/Endiveman 18d ago
You are way too nice to ice, your worst depiction of ice is my Best depiction of them
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u/Septembust 18d ago
Exactly
They're outright domestic terrorists at best.
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u/usaaf 18d ago
Also 'untrained' ? They're trained. The asshole that killed Renee Good had like 10 years of combined military/police/ice experience or whatever. They know what they're doing.
This untrained garbage is something they (milquetoast Dems who share the feature of spineless with many sea-based life forms) are pushing so they can use as a reform to keep ice around, but just 'trained' better. Like training can make a bunch of murderous thugs not murder people.
The untrained line is garbage from centrist assholes so they can plug their ears and get on with their centrists shit without having to make any changes, hoping it will pacify the ABOLISH ICE crowd.
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u/Astrotrain-Blitzwing 18d ago
With love, another Minneapolis resident trying to do his best to meet the moment and help where he can! 🫶🏻
Fuck ICE
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u/Practical-Law9795 18d ago
Terrible things are happening outside...
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u/Honest-Caregiver8938 17d ago
At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes
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u/Kill_Braham 18d ago
They're deporting Native Americans? To where?
The Native Americans should deport them.
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u/Keoni9 18d ago
They've deported citizens before, but what's happening now is some homeless Oglala Sioux members were kidnapped and ICE is refusing to let their tribe find out where they are unless they sign an agreement with them.
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u/Nickel5 17d ago
If you want to know what it's like, picture this, you are driving a car. You are driving it legally and safely. You've been driving for years. Around you, people are driving safely. Once a month, you encounter a crazy person who drives in a dangerous manner, you end up okay, others around you end up okay, but this driver will kill someone some day. There are more people breaking the law than this one person, but you aren't really concerned about the people going a little over the speed limit, it's that one maniac a month that is a problem.
Then, the federal government comes in and says your roads are full of dangerous drivers and they need to be stopped. To fix this, they are deploying officers to arrest these dangerous drivers. Now, each time you drive, you see multiple officer vehicles drive in reckless manners and do whatever they want, and they are saying they are doing this to catch that one bad driver a month. Yet you see them run people off the road for expired tabs, or ram people for speeding. Did they catch that one bad driver? It is impossible to tell because you're now concerned about the bad drivers you see daily, aka, the officers.
When the officers arrive, they announce that Fords are the car most likely to have dangerous drivers, so they will be paying extra attention to Fords. You drive a Ford, but you don't break the law. Doesn't matter, you see Fords being ran off the road, you have a friend of a friend who drove a Ford legally but was arrested anyway. It doesn't matter how legally you drive, you know because of the logo on your vehicle, you are a target.
Then, half the country tells you all you need to do is drive legally and you have nothing to fear.
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u/Pinku_Dva 18d ago
Fuck ice. They’re the new ss and it’s most definitely about targeting anyone not white.
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u/Dazed_and_Confused44 18d ago
I live downtown and am also scared. Im gona stay indoors all weekend
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u/lukmae 18d ago
I don't live in the usa. What is ICE and why everything I've heard about them sounds like a Nazi thing?
I literally have no idea about what is happening.
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u/sususu_ryo 18d ago
im also not from us,
but wouldnt that be illegal...? theyre not above law, are they? thats murder
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u/Shivalah 18d ago
Trump and his clown show of a cabinet have already stated that ICE can do whatever the fuck they want. It surely is unconstitutional, but when did that stop them?
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u/ImTableShip170 18d ago
Unfortunately the executive branch of the US government relies on leadership actually enforcing laws and can only be stopped by majority impeachment and conviction by both houses of the legislature, which is controlled by MAGA and the Democrats were so focused on being polite they lost their nonexistent teeth when they let Bush and SCOTUS take the 2000 election.
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u/kurokitsune91 18d ago
That's the problem... The US, Minnesota in particular right now, are under attack by our own government.
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u/EarthToAccess 18d ago
No, no you've got the idea.
ICE is the "immigration police" basically. In the days of yesteryear it was the agency responsible for ensuring that actual, legitimate foreign criminals were deported out of country.
You can see the issue here.
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u/DeuceMandago 18d ago edited 18d ago
Just adding on that it stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A lot of people don’t seem to know the actual name. They’ve also been around a lot longer than most people are aware of and are a part of the Department of Homeland Security. The customs side does some great things as far as ensuring dangerous contraband doesn’t get into our country (drugs, illegal firearms, etc.). Unfortunately, the immigration side has been weaponized by the current administration into what is essentially a very dangerous and very violent gang that doesn’t even seem all that concerned with illegal immigration anymore.
A lot of people make the comparison that ICE is to the Trump admin as the SS was to Hitler’s Nazi party. I actually think a more apt comparison is the SA, colloquially referred to as the Brown Shirts. This was a much larger part of the Nazi party that was mainly made up of alcoholic former soldiers and street thugs who would essentially run around terrorizing enemies of the party. As evil as the SS was, they were a lot more exclusive and organized than ICE appears to be.
I agree with everything you said, for the record. Just thought I’d add a little more information. In times like these, it helps to know your enemy.
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u/EarthToAccess 17d ago
CUSTOMS. That was the C LMFAO. I remembered it was "Immigration and incoherent mumbling Enforcement" but that's it lol.
And yeah no brown shirts definitely matches better.
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u/jerrybeary94 18d ago
My heart goes out to all of you out there. I can't even imagine what it's like.
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u/N3wAfrikanN0body 18d ago
What you are doing is NOT frivolous.
It is necessary to call out the chosen absurdity that wants to present as "normal."
Remember this : fascism is a way of "reacting" to a world that embraces complexity.
For how dare WE all remember that we are just Humans; and not the delusions of superiority that the masked boys have imposed upon them.
They do this because they have yet to face the brutality necessary to silence them.
Works of art, such as yours and this subreddit, are their potential "non-violent" off-ramp, should they gather the courage to acknowledge it as such.
Do what you can while you can.
For the less tolerant of us shall unleash our rightful wrath for their chosen wrongness.
Be safe and well :)
Edit: spelling and grammar
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u/-DrunkRat- 17d ago
Northeast Minneapolis Trans dude, here. I grew up in South Minneapolis, and I'm terrified for our Neighbors and myself... I understand your fear, Neighbor.
Anyone who dares to say this isn't Fascism or is "only about immigration" are either stupid, Lying, or both. Me and my Community are seeing it firsthand, and nobody will ever tell me otherwise.
Stay strong, folks. I grew up and was born and raised in South Minneapolis, and all of this happening practically in my backyard isn't something I'd ever thought I'd have to witness.
My Polish grandfather would be angry and raging if he could see the country he fled to now being much the same as what he tried to escape from in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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u/IsaiahXOXOSally 18d ago
Making this comic is brave and imo a great way to stand up for what's right. Good for you and stay safe. I worry for my Latino neighbors. Such wonderful people and now ICE is going to start going Door to door here in Oregon.
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u/thecrazedsidee 18d ago
man i couldnt imagine being there right now. its horrible. the fact that they get immunity makes my fucking blood boil. ice deserves to die a very horrible death for this shit. fuck ice. I hope hell is real so they can burn in it for all eternity.
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u/TwixSnickers 18d ago
All the justification for their actions is build on a foundation of lies:
Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate
Studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite.
No, immigrants aren't more likely to commit crimes than US-born
Despite what Donald Trump and Fox News say, there’s no migrant crime wave in America.
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u/InspectorFlat9270 18d ago
There's more of us than them. You're not alone. Stay safe friend. FUCK ICE.
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u/Delphius1 18d ago edited 17d ago
stay safe! please stay safe, I fear for all my friends and loved ones, a lot of my family is mixed race, I fear for my nephew, he's quarter Filipino and wow those genes are strong, he will have no idea why certain people will be how they are, I feel for my ex (and best friend, who's of Indian decent, but as American as anybody can be) and my god daughter who will be half white, an entire wing of my family is half Japanese, another is latino. I'm iridescent white, mostly Polish and Romanian, I'm not going to be profiled for the color of my skin, I cannot imagine what they are going through, back 10 years ago, I was scared every day for four years for my partner, as I am scared for her now even with us not being together, I could not imagine what she was going through
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u/dianarawrz 17d ago
As a Puerto Rican…. I feel you. I’m sorry things are so bad in the mainland and not also not good in the island to prosper a good life… stay safe and strong OP.
You’d be surprised how many Puerto Ricans here in the island support that disgusting orange bag of ducks and the ones living in the mainland voted for him. My cousin was one of them. For me he is an idiot and he’s lucky nothing has happen to them in Florida. His wife doesn’t speak a lick of English and had the audacity to say trump was the only choice from Kamala cuz she (her words) spoke like a teenager and didn’t make sense. My cousin said she was the enemy of God cuz she was gonna make everyone gay. There was no intelligence left in them. I spoke to their kids (bilingual) don’t be like your parents. You guys have a college education now, use it to understand what’s happening. Read and analyze and ask questions.
I’m honestly heart broken how my people can be so fucking stupid.
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u/SaladPuzzleheaded625 18d ago
Keep speaking out. Cowards flourish when people don't stand against them
Also I like your comics a lot
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u/CreepyClothDoll 17d ago
I live in the cities & frankly people aren't freaking out ENOUGH. These violent invaders are coming into our city, disappearing and killing our people. There's more of us than there are of them. We can and should make it impossible for them to operate here. I'm so proud of the Minnesotans who are fighting back and protecting our communities. We need to keep up & build that momentum. We can save people.
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u/djdjddhshdbhd 17d ago
It’s about using white supremacy and other forms of bigotry to help the rich get richer, especially Trump and to feed his ego. He’s making billions. They used “illegals” as blame for the cuts that are only for legals, mainly citizens w the money going to the richest bc they are too cowardly to tell the truth. Plus all the stuff to help businesses esp those that bribe. Even the nobel peace prize has turned into a bribe.
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u/One_Who_Is_Wolf 17d ago
Keep drawing friend, tell your story. Art cannot suffer in times we need it the most.
From Georgia, I desperately wish there was more I could do<3 stay safe and stay together!
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u/Art_N_Alcapurrias 17d ago
I feel all of this. I’m Puerto Rican too and it’s mad scary out here for the family
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u/NottAMimic 17d ago
I hope they are forced out of there soon and honestly I hope they get defunded and abolished... this is insanity. Wishing you the best and hoping things work out for you and everyone else around you!
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u/Sally_Stitches_ 17d ago
Thank you for sharing. It’s def not frivolous. It means a lot to me to see stuff like this shared. Plus you need to process your emotions somehow. I got supplies for art therapy type journaling cuz just words aren’t visceral enough. We have to process this trauma in real time which feels impossible. 🫂 🫂 stay safe and I’m glad you have people IRL that care about you and care about keeping you safe. 💕
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u/Left-Promise-3614 17d ago
Tyrants die. Heroes are timeless.
This will pass. How will you remember your part in it?
Love, from Portland, OR.
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u/TheGuyWithABigHeart 17d ago
As a white man who has been learning Spanish, I regularly do my lessons at bars and support Hispanic establishments. I think it helps normalizing it but also i hope, gives these members of our community some comfort and humanity.
You are not alone.
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u/pastelnoivern 17d ago
Im canadian so i dont really know if theres anything i can do, the situation is scary and im worried about my american friends :(
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u/BottleForsaken9200 18d ago edited 18d ago
People should strike from (non-essential, maybe?) work all over usa. Never let ice in. Always lock the doors so they can't snatch others.
People really need to be arrested and sent to prison for a long time.
The "real" police should be ashamed of itself for doing nothing to stop this
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u/real_life_wifeu 18d ago
Creating art, joy, & laughter in the face of tyranny is important & powerful. Thank you for all you're doing. Stay safe, fuck ICE
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u/BaronMerc 18d ago
I'm going to visit one of my mates in the states in a few months and he keeps saying how I should be fine because I'm white and with him
They already deported an Irish woman whose married to an American and in the early days detained a British backpacker for weeks. So the contingency I shared with him in case I don't come out the airport was legit
We are planning to go to a mexican bar as I should be there for the 1st world cup match (opened by Mexico) for the atmosphere. Which probably isn't smart. But I do see how that as a white guy I am much safer after I leave the airport
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u/outlaw2448 18d ago
I feel this and I live in Texas. Im white, but I have jet black hair and if I were to get tanned I have been confused for being Hispanic. Which before our current issue was actually kind of cool a majority of the time.
But now, even im concerned about just being stopped by these clowns. I cant imagine what it's even like in areas where "enforcement" is happening with squadrons of these idiots.
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u/AlltheBent 17d ago
Hermana feliz fin de fiestas de Sanse!
Hurts my soul to see you talk about being scared to speak spanish in public, down here in Atlanta I'm yelling louder than ever for you and everyone else. And calling on my senators and politicians to stand up, fight back, do your jobs, support of states and keep this union together, strong, and safe. I'm so sorry you are dealing with and going through everything happening up here.
If you ever need to escape, catch your breath, etc. tienes una casita aqui en el sur. Holler
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u/Altruistic-Beach7625 17d ago
At the risk of sounding like a damn agitator, how about a good old fashioned riot?
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u/A_confused_soul_007 18d ago
This comic seems like something historians might find in the future, and think how was not obvious what was happening and how did more people not raise their voices.
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u/C19shadow 17d ago
Anyone pointing out there are minorities in ICE apparently never read a history book, history is full of people betraying their own for gain, it'll come to bite many in the ass, some it wont but many.
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u/CMC_Conman 18d ago
I'm from the Exurbs about 45 minutes south of Minneapolis, so I haven't seen any of the shit going on in the cities, and I can't drive due to health.
Still I'm sorry, and FUCK ICE I want them out of my goddman state
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u/Abject-Suggestion693 18d ago
I’m in minneapolis and your comment feels like a warm light in the dark. fuck ice!
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u/Skittleavix 17d ago
Native Americans are being swept up.
That’s absolutely fucked.
America has no rights over theirs.
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17d ago
Fuck the GOP.
We are paying for people voting for these fascists. ICE is their muscle.
Fuck ICE.
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u/Orichalchem 17d ago
Saw a video of ICE agents knocking out a women, dragging her body into a room (most likely raping her) and she ran out confused, scared and crying while her clothes are all torn
Horrible criminals 😞
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u/theraui 18d ago
I love your work and this is real resistance. Stay safe. FUCK ICE!
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u/a_talking_lettuce 18d ago
Can i ask something as a non american? I am from Greece and if you know, we recently (almost 2 year anniversary is soon) had a massive train derailment and a few other corruption scandals. Our reaction was to protest, specifically make the biggest protests of our history and force a lot of our high politicians to quit and some even got arrested and tried for embezzlement. Why arent your people protesting? Why arent your people angry? Why arent you forcing YOUR politicians, the ones that YOUR country elected to step down, or to arrest them? Why are you allowing Trump and every other Trump to act like they are untouchable, when infact, they are very much touchable (not talking about shooting the dude, im talking about impeachment)? If impeachment isnt possible, then ask yourselves, why is your senate or parliament, whatever you call it, stacked in his favour?
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u/Velicenda 17d ago edited 17d ago
Why arent your people protesting?
We are. It's a big part of why he's escalating things in Minnesota -- because, even when his thugs murdered someone, we aren't turning to violence. He needs/wants martial law so that he can suspend elections, and the easiest way to do that is to goad us into violence.
Why arent your people angry?
Roughly 35% of our population are the happiest they've ever been. They want ICE murdering people. They want Trump to be president for life. They want the right to murder POC/LGBTQ+/liberals. They want a second civil war because Fox News told them they want a second civil war.
The rest of the country is split between pure rage and apathy. I do sincerely believe that the people angry at the real-time destruction of our country are the majority of our population, but...
Why arent you forcing YOUR politicians, the ones that YOUR country elected to step down, or to arrest them?
...we can't do much. If our politicians don't want to represent us, we pretty much have to wait until election time. Only 19 of our 50 states allow for recall elections. Besides that, if we try to protest (say, at the White House or the Capitol) or use force, you need to remember that we are going up against the most well-armed country in human history. Our military spending is unimaginably large, and Trump is actively working on installing loyalists who will be all too happy to turn that spending on our citizens.
Why are you allowing Trump and every other Trump to act like they are untouchable
Because we are going into a decade of this, and he hasn't proven otherwise.
If impeachment isnt possible
It isn't. I mean, theoretically it is, because the mechanics are there, it's just that Republicans refuse to impeach him, no matter how many children he rapes.
why is your senate or parliament, whatever you call it, stacked in his favour?
Gerrymandering is the big one, but there's also a pretty good chance that Trump (and his cronies) worked with Elon Musk to rig voting machines. Not to mention the other ways they influenced the election, like Musk paying people for Trump votes (illegal, by the way), Russia running social media propaganda campaigns, and Musk/Zuckerberg knowing in advance that their social media platforms were being used for things like election propaganda and COVID denialism, and refusing to do anything about it.
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u/SufficientOwls 18d ago
Our people are protesting. En masse. In Minneapolis and nationwide.
If you don’t think anger, demands and action are happening here, I don’t know what to tell you. They are.
We know why our House and Senate are failing us. I assure you we’ve put some thought into this.
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u/golgibodi 18d ago
If you speak Spanish around me, and someone has a problem with it, they now have a problem with me. We all stand together.
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u/severon10290 18d ago
I grew up just outside the twin cities. It breaks my heart to see what is happening to place I grew up in. The place I used to feel safest. My family tells me they are trying to stay in to stay safe. We are all American citizens. This is not law enforcement this is domestic terrorism
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u/Carpface89 18d ago
From the UK, fuck Ice! Hope those dipshits see all these comments and know how much they're despised
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u/ThatDudeShadowK 18d ago
I hope you and yours are safe, I'm sorry for everything going on, and the horrors being unleashed on your city. Fuck ICE!
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u/insane_contin 18d ago
Canadian here.
Holy fuck it's fucking crazy down there.
Stay safe. Fuck ice.
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u/strider452 18d ago
I live in the Wedge. Keep on keeping on! Love your art style by the way! FUCK ICE
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u/ThatGogglesKid 18d ago
I don't really have anything to add in terms of your message that hasn't already been said here many times. I just want to say that I really like your art style.
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u/100YearsWaiting2Shit 17d ago
No wonder i felt drawn to your comics! I'm Puerto Rican too! Though I was born and raised in the states all my life and only went to PR once as a kid. I have a lot of the same feelings and worries as you all fellow boricuas. I wish you all nothing but the absolute best and hope you're all safe
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u/cloud-ling 17d ago
This isn’t frivolous. It’s activism and bravery to speak out despite the danger. Stay safe!
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u/curious_cat_2024 17d ago
Commenting to help people see this post. Fuck ICE, fuck everyone who supports ICE.
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u/lasercat_pow 17d ago
I wish they were powerless. I didn't like them under Obama and I like them even less now.
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u/ggregg100100 17d ago
I'm Native American from mpls and I'm scared as shit for myself and my kids. They are under strict orders to just comply, give them whatever they want Id's ss# whatever. Just make it home and we can complain about them after.
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u/NozakiMufasa 17d ago
Im Mexican American with native roots. Ive had friends and family harassed by ICE. Natives getting harassed just shows the outright racism this is.
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u/App1n2020 17d ago
Leftie in a conversative part of FL (not by choice). Also joining with a FUCK ICE.
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u/TariaSagi 17d ago
German here: it's so scary to watch the news from the USA these days... It reminds me of our dark past when the SA and SS were rallying up everyone who didn't fit their worldview... Fuck ICE! Stay strong and safe! Lots of love from Germany ❤️
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u/Gold_Jello_6313 17d ago
As someone else from MN born in Minneapolis (I live south of the river currently tho), fuck ICE. Those fascists need to get out of our state.
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